A MORBID SENSE OF CURIOUSITY
ADDED 19 JANUARY 2006
It
has been some 33 years since I left Knottingley, moving down to Nottingham
where I still live. I remember well first moving to Knottingley as a
ten-year-old from the North east in 1966 when my father obtained
employment at Kellingley Colliery. We moved onto the Simpsons Lane estate
(93 Sycamore Avenue) where I first attended Simpson's Lane Junior School
before moving on to Knottingley Secondary School (or High School as it was
to become).
I
do know that when I moved to that school in 1967 we were the first 1st
years at the school (as far as I can remember) and now, almost 40 years
later, a morbid sense of curiosity makes me wonder whether this is
remembered in Knottingley, or more precisely by the school, and I wondered
moves afoot to remember or celebrate this is some way.
I
have on occasion passed by Knottingley (and even more occasionally passed
through it) in the last thirty odd years, once even calling in at the
school to find a number of 'old' (even more ancient now!) teachers still
working there and graciously being shown round the school by Mr. Bailey
who, if my memory serves me correctly, was by then the head master. It
seemed quite strange to recite to him the names of former classmates and
friends only for him to be quite familiar with the names due to the fact
that their children were now pupils at the school!
I
have quite fond memories of my time in Knottingley (no doubt coloured by
my being a child/teenager at the time) and now even more often especially
as I head into the second half century of my life I find myself wondering
what became of the rest of my peers - Christine Allen, Lynne Brocklehurst,
Lynne Malpass, George Gardner, Rob Nuttall and Paul Minto, to name a very
few. Likewise, others who I used to pal about with out of school - Pete
Frain and Carol Parr for instance, who both used to live nearby.
It
would be great to hear from anyone who remembers me, knows any of those
mentioned or were members of 'Pomfret' form at that time. If so, please
e-mail penfold47 (at) aol.com
Michael Miller
penfold47 (at) aol.com
19 January 2006
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